Potosí, Bolivia, March 3, 2026 (AFP) - 'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom

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2026-03-03

In the bowels of a Bolivian mine that made the Spanish empire fabulously wealthy 500 years ago, high prices are driving a new silver rush -- with tragic consequences. Lured by soaring prices for silver and tin, youths like Efrain Villaca are risking their lives to try find new seams in Cerro Rico (literally, Rich Mountain) outside the town of Potosi. Cerro Rico, a UN World Heritage Site which sits at 4,800 meters in the Andean high plains, was so......

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